0:00:09.921,0:00:13.634 ♪ Cambodian music ♪ 0:00:22.476,0:00:27.987 [DONUT PEOPLE] 0:00:30.297,0:00:32.943 [Samoeurn Phan] 0:00:33.512,0:00:35.533 [Affectionately known as[br]Pou Sam (Uncle Sam)] 0:00:35.804,0:00:38.300 [Sam has opened over 20 donut shops 0:00:38.705,0:00:41.305 for Cambodian families across Houston.] 0:00:42.148,0:00:43.804 (Uncle Sam) Well, when I came here in 1994 0:00:44.360,9:59:59.000 to eat one donut you didn't realize[br]how much work goes into one donut 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 until you actually go into[br]doing the donuts. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You know, it takes quite a bit[br]just to make one donut. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I start off by finding a location. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 If I find a location, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I get a family that needs a donut shop [br]to go to look at the location, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and if they like it,[br]we negotiate the price, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and if the price is right,[br]I build it for them and turn them the key. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You know, most of them[br]already know how to make donuts. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 They work for a family member, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you know, they've already worked[br]for like two, three or five years 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to save up the money[br]to start up the business. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Chandara Meas[br]Owner of Snowflake Donuts, Galveston] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Cambodian Immigrant] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Chandara Meas) That's what I'm saying,[br]when I came to the States, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I don't have no relatives with me,[br]I don't speak that much English, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I gotta start to learn English 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and start to work to support myself... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and I don't have chance[br]to go back to college, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so I end up at a donut shop. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Most Cambodians who take us, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 they own a donut shop, [br]they run a donut business... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 yeah, you know, it's hard to do it, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 not many people want to do that job[br]as I'm doing right now. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Countless Cambodians were tortured] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [and more than a million were killed] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [More than a million Cambodians fled[br]and became refugees.] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 From 1975 to 1979, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 there's Khmer Rouge ran by Pol Pot. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 At that time I was 10 years old... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I still remember the torture, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 lot of people died [br]by starving and sickness... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 most of [the time] [br]they were killing people. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That was a hard time 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and that was the worst thing [br]that happened in the world. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Most Cambodians escaped from the war [br]in 1981after the Khmer Rouge regime, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and when they started to come here,[br]people don't speak that much English, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so that's why they started[br]working at donut shops 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 because most of them what they do [br]are family business -- 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is my wife's nephew. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 He just came to the USA last year. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 He came in a special case[br]that they call "Lottery Visa". 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 He's a lucky one [br]that won a lottery green card. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The business we just opened--[br]it is kind of slow, it's brand new. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hopefully, we can stay for a long time[br]until we get some profit... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to take care of my family, my kids... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 go to school, go to college... 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I have a beautiful kid. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's like, if you work for a company, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you have a different schedule[br]than the donut people. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So the donut people,[br]we wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 am, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and we'll be done by 12:00 or 1:00 pm,[br]and take a couple-of-hours-nap, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and, you know, get together[br]and then, go to sleep, and wake up, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and go to make some more donuts! 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (man singing Karaoke in Cambodian) 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Tao Ngo Vietnamese Restaurant[br]North Houston] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [Cambodian Karaoke Party] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 4:10 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hola Maria 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hola Juan 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 yo soy 111 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 22233 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Jenny